Stem Christie
![This skier is performing a right turn using the classic stemming technique. The left (downhill) ski has been stemmed out from the body, and their weight shifted onto this ski (note the position of the hip relative to the skis). This drives the inside edge into the snow, generating forces to their right (uphill). Note that their upper body is rotated, driving the downhill arm and shoulder forward, a natural motion that balances the forces of the turn.](/Images/godic/202502/13/Skiier_at_Coronet_Peak1511.jpg")
Stemming is a technique used in skiing for turning. The modern version is usually credited to the Austrian Mathias Zdarsky who developed it in the 1890s by combining stemming with a variation of the Christiania technique, producing the stem Christiania, or stem Christie for short. Its variations gradually replaced the telemark technique in alpine skiing.